Dugette
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2009
Alternate Title: "We Ate All the Food and We Broke All the Rides! (And Who Needs Sleep, Anyway?)" This sums up our trip well, but it's a bit long for a title...
Anyway, welcome to our third WDW trip in the last 9 months! The first was a commando-style 4.5 day trip last September. The second was a leisurely 10 day/3 resort vacation in January. This one was a 3.75 day marathon of Star Wars Weekends, ADRs, and late MK nights!
The cast of this trip consists of my husband, "Dug", and me, "Dugette":
Our dog Bailey (see background of pic) went to "camp" (kennel). Our cat Kitty guarded the house while we were gone:
Our trip was Thursday, June 3rd to Monday, June 7th, 2010 (Thursday being travel only). Our primary objective was Star Wars Weekends, as Dug is a big Star Wars fan. I'm not so much (I don't mind it, but it's just not my thing), but I got to go to WDW for it, so that was just fine!
We originally booked our resort as a bounceback during our January trip. We booked POFQ and intended to stay there. Until a couple weeks before our trip...
Since I work in accounting, naturally I was doing "fuzzy Disney math" during my spare moments at work. Some things you should know:
1.) We wanted to eat at all the places at AKL sometime, but didn't know when we'd be able to fit that in.
2.) We like animals. We were intrigued by AKL. And there are Zebra Domes there.
3.) With the Annual Passholder discount and an arrival night at Pop Century, it would be less than $250 total to upgrade POFQ to AKL Savanna View.
4.) I had some money saved up (my "fun money") that I was willing to use on Disney.
5.) I opened a Disney Visa card recently and got $200 to spend at Disney...for free!
Given the set of circumstances, you can see how foolish we'd be NOT to upgrade, right? So, we ended up switching around our resort and many ADRs to accommodate this last-minute change.
For more detail, feel free to check out our very short and very last-minute PTR here: "Lions and Tigers and Wookies... Oh My!"
Up next: Our travel day!
Chapters
Day 0 - "Punch it, Chewie!" (Our Travel Day)
Day 0 - Four Hours of Pop Century
Day 1 - 105 Minute Wait, But No Ride?!?
Day 1 - "Get in There, Chewie!"
Day 1 - "Here They Come!" - Part 1
Day 1 - "Here They Come!" - Part 2
Day 1 - Celebrities, Aliens, & Monsters
Day 1 - At Home on the Savanna
Day 1 - 'Ohana & MK Until 2am
Day 2 - "Aren't You a Little Short for a Stormtrooper?"
*stormtrooper video clip*
Day 2 - "What are the Odds?"
Day 2 - Glass(es)
Day 2 - Savanna & Jiko
Day 2 - Summer Nightastic Debut
Day 3 - Boma, AK, & AKL Break - Part 1
Day 3 - Boma, AK, & AKL Break - Part 2
*Mini Update*
*Big News!*
*New Trip Report*
Day 3 - A Visit to the Maul
Day 3 - Hyperspace Hoopla!
Day 3 - Le Cellier & MK till 2am
Day 4 - A Rainy Morning at Epcot
Day 4 - Lunch at Sanaa & Going Home
Anyway, welcome to our third WDW trip in the last 9 months! The first was a commando-style 4.5 day trip last September. The second was a leisurely 10 day/3 resort vacation in January. This one was a 3.75 day marathon of Star Wars Weekends, ADRs, and late MK nights!
The cast of this trip consists of my husband, "Dug", and me, "Dugette":
Our dog Bailey (see background of pic) went to "camp" (kennel). Our cat Kitty guarded the house while we were gone:
Our trip was Thursday, June 3rd to Monday, June 7th, 2010 (Thursday being travel only). Our primary objective was Star Wars Weekends, as Dug is a big Star Wars fan. I'm not so much (I don't mind it, but it's just not my thing), but I got to go to WDW for it, so that was just fine!
We originally booked our resort as a bounceback during our January trip. We booked POFQ and intended to stay there. Until a couple weeks before our trip...
Since I work in accounting, naturally I was doing "fuzzy Disney math" during my spare moments at work. Some things you should know:
1.) We wanted to eat at all the places at AKL sometime, but didn't know when we'd be able to fit that in.
2.) We like animals. We were intrigued by AKL. And there are Zebra Domes there.
3.) With the Annual Passholder discount and an arrival night at Pop Century, it would be less than $250 total to upgrade POFQ to AKL Savanna View.
4.) I had some money saved up (my "fun money") that I was willing to use on Disney.
5.) I opened a Disney Visa card recently and got $200 to spend at Disney...for free!
Given the set of circumstances, you can see how foolish we'd be NOT to upgrade, right? So, we ended up switching around our resort and many ADRs to accommodate this last-minute change.
For more detail, feel free to check out our very short and very last-minute PTR here: "Lions and Tigers and Wookies... Oh My!"
Up next: Our travel day!
Chapters
Day 0 - "Punch it, Chewie!" (Our Travel Day)
Day 0 - Four Hours of Pop Century
Day 1 - 105 Minute Wait, But No Ride?!?
Day 1 - "Get in There, Chewie!"
Day 1 - "Here They Come!" - Part 1
Day 1 - "Here They Come!" - Part 2
Day 1 - Celebrities, Aliens, & Monsters
Day 1 - At Home on the Savanna
Day 1 - 'Ohana & MK Until 2am
Day 2 - "Aren't You a Little Short for a Stormtrooper?"
*stormtrooper video clip*
Day 2 - "What are the Odds?"
Day 2 - Glass(es)
Day 2 - Savanna & Jiko
Day 2 - Summer Nightastic Debut
Day 3 - Boma, AK, & AKL Break - Part 1
Day 3 - Boma, AK, & AKL Break - Part 2
*Mini Update*
*Big News!*
*New Trip Report*
Day 3 - A Visit to the Maul
Day 3 - Hyperspace Hoopla!
Day 3 - Le Cellier & MK till 2am
Day 4 - A Rainy Morning at Epcot
Day 4 - Lunch at Sanaa & Going Home